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Friday, 13 August 2010

Friday Funny - Traditional Ways

Wiremu,had long heard the stories of an amazing family tradition.
It seems that his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had all been
able to walk on water on their18th birthday. On that special day, they'd
each walked across the lake to thetavern on the far side for their first legal
drink.

So whenWiremu's, 18thbirthday came 'round, he and his palRangi, took a
boat out to the middle of the lake,Wiremu, stepped out of the boat ...and
nearly drowned!Rangi, just barely managed to pull him to safety.

Furious and confused,Wiremu, went to see his grandmother.

'Grandma,' he asked, "It's my18th birthday, so why can't I walk 'cross
the lake like my father, his father, and his father before him?"

Granny looked deeply into Wiremu's, troubled brown eyes and said,
"Because your father, your grandfather and your great grandfather were all born in August,
when the lake is frozen, and you were born in December, you f**k-wit.............."